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OBITUARIES
hris Thompson died on the 9th December 2007.
States, where he served in the American Topographic
Just 16 days short of what would have been his
Laboratories before being appointed Assistant Director
75th birthday. He came from a distinguished
Survey Washington dc. After that posting he became co
army family and entered Wellington in 1946. From there he
of 42 Survey Engineer Regiment before becoming Deputy
progressed to rma Sandhurst and thence to Sidney Sussex
Director of the Ordnance Survey. His final posting was
College, Cambridge where he studied Mechanical Sciences.
Director of Military Survey 1984–1987; upon retirement
He started his army career in the Royal Engineers, being
he was appointed cb.
C
posted to 25 Field Squadron in Germany but it is his work
in bomb disposal and subsequently in military mapping that
of computerised mapping utilising satellite imagery.
not only in the u.k. but in Canada and finally in the United
s 1930–1934
T
Thompson for as he was at the forefront of the development
makes his career stand out. In that later career he worked
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Finally, the modern army has much to thank Chris
ow Year Book of 1934 lists M.D. Pope as
part in World Word II. He was captured in July 1940 and
the recipient of the Elton Prize for Geography.
was to spend the next 5 years in prisoner of war camps in
Given the extraordinary scope of his subsequent
both Italy and Germany. As one might imagine he made
he
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hg 1945–1950
numerous escape attempts—and for his leadership in this
naval career, never was a prize so apt.
a
during those three and half decades he was a submariner,
for inter alia, Hawker Siddeley and St Albans Abbey. A
an officer on the battle ship Vanguard, a member of the joint
current Lay Canon of the Abbey remembers him well as
u.s.a. and a co-ordinator of our
he played such a dynamic role in the construction of the
services mission to the
naval intelligence in West Germany. His final position was
as Chief of Staff to the Commandering Chief of Combined
new Chapter House and in the re-roofing of the nave.
He died at the age of 91 years, a great ow with world
wide interests but his feet planted firmly on English soil.
Forces in the Far East.
Perhaps his biggest regret was not to take a more active
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Manchester and Cambridge before he became Archdeacon
Sets is the name of D. N. De L. Young. That he
of Huntingdon and then Bishop of Ripon—a post in which
went on to take a 1st in Mathematics at Balliol was thus not
he served with distinction for 22 years. However, he
a surprise but that this son of a Brigadier should go on to
did not confine himself to ministering to the Parishes of
become one of this country’s leading clerics perhaps was.
North Yorkshire as he also committed much of his energy
David Young trained at Wycliffe Hall, Oxford before
and intellect to church initiatives such as the Partnership
becoming a curate in Liverpool. One might expect the
for World Mission and the Church of England’s Board of
usual list of Parishes and Sees, but David Young showed
Education. He was not one for the politics of the General
Synod although his speeches from the Bishops’ Benches in
the House of Lords on education and other social issues
marked him out as one of the leading Anglican thinkers of
College of Lanka.
cb upon retiring from the Navy and went on to work
served in the Senior Service between 1934–1969 and
Frew Prizes, Mathematics: Open to University
to become director of Buddhist Studies at the Theological
mbe in 1956. He was appointed
Further academic posts followed at the universities of
an extraordinary breadth in his religious interests. After
role he was appointed
n page 5 of the 1950 Year Book under the heading
studying at s.o.a.s. he travelled to Ceylon (as it was then)
Michael Kyrle-Pope (he changed his name in 1946)
his time.
O
l 1930–1934 (head of house)
D
avid Owen died on October 2007 at the age of
91. After a distinguished career at Wellington he
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for long periods with complete success. He well deserves
his dso”.
entered rma, Woolwich and was commissioned
into the Royal Artillery by Edward
viii. His subsequent
After the war he continued in the
ra being deputy
commandant of the School of artillery.
Subsequently
military career was marked by exploits of great bravery
he worked at the British Embassy in Washington before
and courage, particularly shown at Dunkirk, a view that
finishing his military career as Assistant Adjutant General
dso awarded after
in the manning directorate of the Ministry of Defence.
was confirmed by the citation for his
equivalent acts of bravery in Italy, in 1945.
pn 1938–1942
Upon retirement in 1971 his was appointed obe.
His commanding officer wrote: “Owen has carried out
Always a keen sportsman (the army saw him a potential
deployment duties with great gallantry, duties which are
boxing champion) he continued his interest in the o ?????()????????????????????!?????????????????????????()???????????????????????????(+?qL()???t? ???????????????????Q????????? ??((???????????????????????
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